Services:
Alaska's goal is to reduce the service disparity between it's rural and urban
populations. It's one-stop career center system offers a broad array of services.
Electronic services, through Internet, kiosks, telephone, etc.. will be available to most
remote areas of the state. These electronic services include: labor market and economic
development information, access to job listings and resumes state- and nationwide,
resource information for job seekers, read/write interaction with staff at full-service and
hub center, program enrollment information and self-referral, and employer technical
assistance for workforce readiness and training programs. Full-service centers will offer
vocational counseling, case management, financial assistance for education and training,
GED classes, literacy training, employment-related skills training, social services, day-
care assistance, crisis/personal counseling, small business development training, school-to-
work connecting activities, apprenticeship services, welfare and work first services, Title
IV higher education/postsecondary financial aid, and housing programs assistance.
Structure:
Alaska is implementing a highly integrated service delivery structure based
on the need to reach a widely dispersed population. Full-service centers staffed with
workers cross-trained in multiple programs are being opened in urban areas while rural
hub centers will have second tier access through electronic and "circuit-riding" staff.
Timetable:
Including three pilot full-service centers now in place, Alaska will have
implemented eight full-service centers and four rural hub centers during the first year of
the grant, covering more than 80 percent of the state's population. One more full-service
and two rural-hub centers will open in the second year. Full electronic integration will be
completed during the third year of the grant.